Democrats terrified of losing Steyer’s $100 million to — Steyer! Urge him to ‘invest in OUR people & THEIR power … not this [presidential] bid’
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/inslee-mum-as-billionaire-tom-steyer-a-former-ally-enters-presidential-race/ By Jim Brunner Seattle Times staff reporter California billionaire Tom Steyer was once seen as a potential deep-pocketed sponsor for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s presidential campaign. The two have been allies on efforts to defeat climate change, and Inslee met privately with Steyer in December in San Francisco. In January, Steyer publicly ruled out his own […]
Prominent environmentalist Shellenberger trashes Tom Steyer as ‘billionaire fossil fuel magnate turned megalomaniacal Democratic presidential candidate’
"This year we honor Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor for their extraordinary leadership" If this kind of corruption were depicted in a movie or TV show it would be dismissed by critics as propaganda. In fact, it's real life, and it's happening right in front of us pic.twitter.com/K6t2mV5s1c — Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) July 9, 2019 […]
Flashback 2014: NYT: Prominent environmentalist Tom Steyer helped fund coal projects – ‘Cloud Steyer’s image as an environmental savior’
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/us/politics/prominent-environmentalist-helped-fund-coal-projects.html?module=inline By Michael Barbaro and Coral Davenport Excerpt: But an examination of those investments shows that even after his highly public divestment, the coal-related projects his firm bankrolled will generate tens of millions of tons of carbon pollution for years, if not decades, to come. Over the past 15 years, Mr. Steyer’s fund, Farallon Capital […]
Unionization Fight Looms Over Tom Steyer’s 2020 Announcement
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-steyer-nextgen-america-field-organizers-union-dispute_n_5d243283e4b0cfb595fb1815 In a stinging public rebuke, a contingent of field organizers for the progressive youth mobilization group NextGen America called on the group’s management on Monday evening to end a month of “stalling” and agree to the employees’ terms for union recognition. “While NextGen America’s field staff continue breaking turnout records in the ten states […]
Liberals react to Steyer presidential run: ‘Steyer thinks our country’s problems can be solved by a white guy with lots of money’
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tom-steyer-money-running-for-president-2020-election-trump-a8998016.html By Molly Jong-Fast Perhaps Matt Ford put it best when he wrote in the New Republic: “Though he’s mirroring the language of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and other candidates who are running on themes of inequality and corruption, it’s unclear whether a hedge-fund manager with no experience in elected office is the best evangelist of that message.” In […]
NYT: Tom Steyer Will Run for President and Plans to Spend $100 Million on His Bid – ‘Steyer is also now on his 3rd signature issue in little more than half a decade’
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/tom-steyer-president.html By Alexander Burns July 9, 2019 Tom Steyer, the former hedge fund investor turned impeachment activist, announced on Tuesday that he would challenge President Trump in 2020, reversing a previous decision not to enter the race. In a video announcing his campaign, Mr. Steyer positioned himself as a populist outsider, railing against corporate interests that he described as […]
Go Socialist or Die!? The Age of the ‘Climate Emergency’ – UN, Universities, Cities, & Now Congress?! to declare ‘Climate Emergency’ – Gore & Streisand helped pioneer phrase
UN: Universities to declare ‘Climate Emergency’ – Seek ‘drastic societal shift’ to help shape ‘young UN Touted Emergency Letter: As institutions and networks of higher and further education from across the world, we collectively declare a Climate Emergency in recognition of the need for a drastic societal shift to combat the growing threat of climate change. […]
Ocasio-Cortez Gets Smacked By Meteorologist Over DC Flood ‘Climate Crisis’ Claims
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49280/ocasio-cortez-gets-smacked-meteorologist-over-ryan-saavedra By RYAN SAAVEDRA @REALSAAVEDRA July 8, 2019 A prominent meteorologist once again threw water on wild claims being made by democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who claimed without evidence that a flood in Washington, D.C., was the result of “the climate crisis.” Daily Wire TV Unmute Pause Current Time 0:24 Loaded: 100.00% Duration 0:38 Fullscreen Ocasio-Cortez Slams […]
FRANCE ANNOUNCES ‘ECO-TAX’ FOR ALL FLIGHTS LEAVING COUNTRY – ‘AMID AN ESCALATING PLANETARY CLIMATE EMERGENCY’
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/france-eco-tax-flights-tickets-airlines-planes-climate-change-a8996741.html By Tom Embury-Dennis France will introduce an “eco-tax” of up to 18 euros on tickets for all flights leaving France, the government has said. “We have decided to put in place an eco-tax on all flights from France,” transport minister Elisabeth Borne said during a news conference on Tuesday. She added the tax, which is […]
Analysis: Methane emissions: don’t blame cows and camels, blame the oceans
http://joannenova.com.au/2019/07/methane-emissions-dont-blame-cows-and-camels-blame-the-oceans/ Steak-lovers — look at the volatility in the graph of methane levels. That is not the cows… By Jo Nova Methane emissions are a bit of a sleeper. They are ignored (even by me) yet and cows, sheep, pigs and lamas produce a whopping 11% of the Australian national greenhouse emissions (mostly as methane and […]